The key city : Dubuque before the Civil War -- "Volunteer while you may" : mobilization for the war -- Independent soldiers and soldier-sons : the social origins of enlistees -- "The boys all stood to the work manfully" : the army as an industrial workplace -- Ten thousand men in shebangs : the army as an urban working-class environment -- "A duty of the hour" : the home front in Dubuque -- The Civil War generation : military service and social mobility -- Conclusion : Hawkeyes in blue
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